“One of the things we thought was critical to that was the graphical improvements for more reality, more realistic expressions of everything we want to show in the game,” Yui Tanimura, director of From Software, tells IGN through a translator.

That is but one improvement Tanimura talked about during the gameplay demo that begins by showing off combat with reanimated suits of armor, as well as a pit full of salamander monsters bathing near some flames.